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Yeah, I assumed it was something like that, just that if I were writing a book on writing clear non-fiction, I wouldn't use archaic language in my example sentences.

"Avoid unnecessary adverbs - for example, rather than saying 'Forsooth, wherefore didst thou traverse mine bed-chamber?", instead write 'Wherefore didst thou traverse mine bed-chamber?'"



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